Hi

 

Yes we have three in total, two handling Oracle related database and a wee genius on MS SQL.

 

Thanks for all the replies. We are looking at the move to 9.1, and BB have come in with a suggestion that we go for a Managed Hosted solution on which they will upgrade for us. It is an expensive option, considering our in-house capability is very good, and has handled a 7.1 to 8.2 upgrade previously very well.

 

We have a test and UAT environment set up so are quite through with changes.

 

 

Les Tarr

 

Yep – we do all ours in-house as well. Never been any problems.

 

I’d say the most important thing is having a near-identical test environment where you can perform the upgrade to 9.1.

 

But that’s probably obvious, as is stuff like having a back-out plan, full set of back-ups, etc., etc.

 

Getting Blackboard to do it was once an option we looked at, but then we saw how much they were going to charge for their services!

 

Wish we had a set of DBAs . . . I’m assuming a set is more than one person . . .

 

Hello

 

We are looking at planning the upgrade. One question that has come about is have other institutions migrated their own data or have they had Blackboard conduct the upgrade for them.

 

We have a fairly good set of DBAs, who can handle  most things. I would be interest in how other institutions have approached the upgrades of databases.

 

Les Tarr

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